General information
Type of Incompatibility: Not applicable
Date of first battle related death: 2020-03-22
Comment on first battle related death: Intercommunal clashes took place in Nzerekoré, Guinea sparked by the presidential election of 2020. An alliance formed by Konianke and Malinké peoples, seen as Condé’s supporters, fought the Kpelle, commonly identified as part of Condé’s opposition. The event happened on 22 March 2020, leaving 30 people dead.
Date of conflict reached 25 battle releated deaths: 2020-03-24
Comment on conflict reached 25 battle releated deaths: Intercommunal clashes took place in Nzerekoré, Guinea sparked by the presidential election of 2020. An alliance formed by Konianke and Malinké peoples, seen as Condé’s supporters, fought the Kpelle, commonly identified as part of Condé’s opposition. The event happened on 22 March 2020, leaving 30 people dead.
Annual information
This section contains annual information systematically collected by the UCDP.
2020
Primary Parties: Kpelle - Konianke, Malinké
Dimension: Non-State
| Estimated Fatalities | |
|---|---|
| High | 30 |
| Best | 30 |
| Low | 30 |
Numbers include fatalities for all dyads both active and inactive for this year
Conflict Archive
This section contains annual information no longer systematically collected by the UCDP.
2020 Conflict Archive
Comment on Activity: On 22 March 2020 an election process in Guinea that included a constitutional referendum intended to allow incumbent President Alpha Condé to run for a third term, sparked clashes between his supporters and opponents throughout the country. In Nzerekoré, clashes turned into intercommunal and ethnic violence that broke out between an alliance formed by Konianke and Malinké peoples, seen as Condé’s supporters, and Kpelle, commonly identified as part of Condé’s opposition.
Comment on Yearly Battle Related Deaths: The non-state conflict between Kpelle and Konianke and Malinké is first included in UCDP data in 2020 after violent clashes flared up in Nzerekoré, resulting in 30 deaths.
Terminated: NO
